Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-07
HIS LOVE OF LONG AGO.
A Somewhat Rude Awakening to a Dream
OF Fond Romance.
Chicago Herald,

Chicago Herald.
/ Years ago in his native village, s
wealthy German living in this city had q
sweetheart TO whom he was devotedly at
tached But tide of emigration landed
him when 8 young man in America. a
false friend brought him news that his
Lena was engaged to another. In pique
ne married the handsome daughter of his
employer. IL due time he entered the
firm, end, later on, had the business
TO himself, making a fortune For
ten happy years everything pTospered.
HIS wife was q beauty, and half
a dozen handsome children blessed
their union. The only cloud that dimmed
the fathers horizon was the knowledge
that Lena had never been faise-that the
report Of her engagement was untrue:
and IL her fathers house, unmarried and
discOnsOlate, the sweetheart of his youth
lived alone. However, q year or more
ago, by 8 sudden and fatal illness, the
wife was lsld low, and our friend found
himself 8 widower with six children.
Rich, respectable, q model citizen and
personally 9 tine-lOoking man, he was the
object Of many sOlicitOus attentions. A
dozen lovely women Of his acquaintance
looked at their autographs and thought
how well his name would come in at the
end OF them. But as soon
as he began 10 think of such things
TIE image of Lens, MS sweet, haXen haired !
Marguerite, came in, and, etter years /
decOrous mourning, he wrote to Germany |
and proposed that if she could forgive his |
readiness TO be deceived in the past. and !
would bridge the twelve years OF seeming !
Indifference with her enduring love, they |
should renew the love Of their youth !
Back came the response. Lena the faith /
ful, Lena the constant, would take to the |
sea per next boat, The widower with |
drew to his library, day after day, and |
thought up the past, famed each little |
recollection till it sprang into q fame and |
when finally the FUlds was in the BAY he
started for the wharf.
In the first communication with kens
after his gOod-lOOking Wite's decease, he
had dWelt much on the need his little
children hsd Of mothers tender care.
In succeeding epistles he let the children
Town one by one till their names were
never heard. His first intention was to
De waiting on the wharf with Rachel,
Leah and Sarah on one side, and Abe,
Sol and Isaac on the other, but when the
lay came he had arrived at another con-
'lusiOn, He discarded mourning suit,
md IN jsunty rig of Saratoga blue and q
light hat the widoWer paced with beating
lesrt the confines of the wharf till the
rang plank WAS run out. CATER al, ="
Re said to himself, "there's nothing stirs
he pulses ike first love-the same sweet
passion Of youth puts the inefaceable
,rsnd on the human heart" He was
bout to clasp the early Marguerite with
ne dOve-lke eyes and the faXen brsids
o his well-develOped bosom.
Our widOWer, as we have said, was
handsome. No thread Of gray had
OuChed his raven curls. HIS eyes were ,
ndimmed, mis- complexion good, and, !
est OF all, ne had kept his waist. Buoy {
mt with excitement he pIOWed into the {
hip, To the steWardess he said: ''YCu ]
ave q Miss Lena Strauss on board?n !
"Oh, yes; Frauleln Strauss has been
L, but she is dressed and up. Step this {
way"
How he stepped! There were several |
aides On the sofas of the saloon. To .
ne of these the stewardess LED him. |
Your friend has come, Miss Strauss" !
aid she. II
a pudgy, doughty faced, hesvy-Iooking /
7Oman, whose figure Tesembled an 5 /
lore tlan any other, rose with little (
queal of 10y and cast herself upon his /
OsOm, Lena had been fairy. She
1as as broad as she was long. Lena's !
cir had been bright, and so luXurlant 5
hat her Marguerite braids were as thick ,
: his wrist. Lena's stock of hairs hsrG- 3
' covered her protuberant temples, and
7as dirty ash color. Lena in 10 had +
cen fragile poem in petticoats; Lena y
] 81 was q churn with bonnet on. !
Who shall depict the cyclone Of disap- J
ointment that swept over the widower's
Oul? But the poor man was as brave
nd chivalric q spirit as ever went out 20
, battle in Palestine. He took her :
ONE, and according to agreement, he
larried her. !